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解説 Definition
disclosures は、disclosure（開示、公開）の複数形です。企業や組織が情報を正式に明らかにする場合や、文書で示される開示事項を指します。
Disclosures are separate pieces or instances of information that are formally revealed, especially by a company or organization in reports, financial documents, legal materials, or statements provided to investors and the public.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
単数形 disclosure「開示、開示事項」に複数語尾 -s を付けた形で、発音は語末が /z/ になります。disclose「閉じられた情報を明らかにする」から作られた名詞です。financial disclosures、required disclosures のように、報告書などに並ぶ複数の正式な開示事項を思い浮かべます。
Begin with the singular noun disclosure, meaning a formal revelation or an item of revealed information. Add plural -s to get disclosures; because the singular ends in a voiced sound, the final plural ending is pronounced /z/. Link the word to documents containing several distinct items, such as three important disclosures or a company’s financial disclosures. The related verb disclose helps: it means to make information known that was previously private or hidden. Unlike casual news or gossip, disclosures often suggest an official, legal, financial, or organizational duty to reveal information.
例文
The report includes three important disclosures.
その報告書には重要な開示事項が3つ含まれています。
Investors read the disclosures before the meeting.
投資家たちは会議の前に開示情報を読みました。
The company updated its financial disclosures last week.
その会社は先週、財務開示を更新しました。
disclosures の類義語・関連語
disclosures の語源・成り立ち Etymology
disclosures は disclosure の複数形で、動詞 disclose から作られた名詞です。disclose は古フランス語を経てラテン語 dis-「離して」+ claudere「閉じる」にさかのぼり、本来は「閉じたものを開く」なので、そこから「情報を開示する」意味になったと分かります。関連語に close, closure。
Disclosures is the plural of disclosure, a noun formed from disclose and the suffix -ure. Disclose entered English through Old French and ultimately reflects Latin dis-, conveying separation or removal, and claudere, “to close.” The underlying image is of opening what had been closed, which led to the meaning of revealing hidden or private information. Close and closure share the Latin element connected with shutting or enclosing.
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